We were first cousins but she was much older than me, already a young woman when I was born. I spent a lot of time at her mother’s house (my mother’s oldest sister, Aunt Flossie) when I was growing up. Jean was my idol, from my very earliest memories. She was beautiful, smart and charming. …
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Talented Tuesday – Uncle Faltin’s Violin 0
It’s been very exciting in the course of my family research journey to uncover a few ancestors considered by their contemporaries to be “colorful characters”. Probably the most colorful and intriguing has been my 3rd great-grandfather in my maternal line, Valentine Mink (1778-1832), as vividly described (and undoubtedly written with much embellishment!) in the following …
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